Apparel-cap.



No. 692,249. Patented Feb. 4,1902.

' M. DAVIS.

APPAREL GAP. (Application filed Hat. 0

(No Model.)

INVENTOR ITN ESSES ATTORN EYS MARK DAVIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

ATENT FFICE.

ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ISIDOR LAUTERSTEIN, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

APPAREL CAP.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 692,249, dated February4, 1902.

Application filed March 5, 1901. Serial No. 49,710. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARK DAVIS, of the city of New York, borough ofManhattan, State of New York,l1ave invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Apparel-Caps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hats and caps, and has for its object to producea hat or cap with a forehead-protector which may be swung up and downand which when in either of its adjusted positions will be firmlyretained in position and in which the hinging of the forehead-protectorwill be most efficient.

My invention has for its further object to cheapen the construction ofhats and caps by making the forehead-protector integral with the rearedge of the under front.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown my invention as applied to acap.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a cap with the forehead-protector foldedup into the said cap. Fig. 2 shows the cap with the foreheadprotectorswung down to protect the forehead. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectionalview, on an enlarged scale, of the vizor on the front of the cap,showing the forehead-protector swung up in the position shown in Fig. 1.Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing the forehead-protector swungdownwardly in order to protect the forehead; and Fig. 5 is a view of thepattern of the under front.

In the drawings, a represents the body of the cap, and Z) the vizor.This vizor is shown in the present instance as consisting of a stifienerc, an outer covering (1, and an under front e. This under front ispreferably united to the outer covering (Z by a row of stitchesf alongthe forward edge of the vizor and is provided with a rear portion g,which constitutes the body of the forehead-protector. The outer coveringd is preferably secured to the body of the cap by a row of stitching h,and at the rear of the stiffening c a line of StitOllGSt is provided toconnect the body of the cap with the outer covering d and the underfront 6. The forehead-protector is provided with an arched stay orstiffener which in the present instance is its positions.

shown as a piece of sweat leather which is springy in its nature. Thisstiffener or stay has that edge which is adjacent to the line ofstitches 'i separated from said line of stitches, so that a portion Z ofthe flexible forehead-protector g intervenes between the line ofstitches 'i and the adjacent edge of the stayj. The latter is connectedwith the body g of the forehead-protector in any suitable manneras,forinstance, by means of stitches It. By leaving a distance between theline of stitches i and the adjacent edge of the stay j I give the saidstay an arch shape, bywhich it is adapted to throw the protector g by asnap action into either the upper position (shown in Fig. 3) or thelower position. (Shown in Fig. 4:.) In this movement the stitches iforma hinge about which the forehead-protector swings, it being understoodthat it is necessary to bring the foreheadprotector manually only to anintermediate position, whereupon the snap action above referred to willtake place, and the protector will automatically take one or the otherof It will be obviousthat, if desired, only the rear portion of theunder front 6 may be integral with the body of the forehead-protector.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

A cap comprising a body, a vizor or brim, a flexible strip projectingrearwardly from the vizor or brim and adapted to form, when lowered, aforehead-protector, and an arched stay or stiffener of springy naturesecured to said flexible strip, the distance between said stay and theadjacent portion of the fixed line or hinge of the flexible portionincreasing gradually from the ends of the stay to the central portionthereof so that a figure of approximately the shape of a meniscus orcrescent is inclosed between the hinge and the ad jacent edge of thestay.

, MARK DAVIS.

Witnesses:

GEO. E. MORSE, O'r'ro v. SoHRENx.

